1To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 22 February 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
from Alexander Contee Hanson, . On 7 March, GW wrote Hanson: “Your letter of the 22d Ulto has been duly received.”
2From George Washington to Alexander Contee Hanson, 7 March 1796 (Washington Papers)
Hanson’s letter has not been found.Samuel Chase, recently appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, was, like Hanson, from Maryland.
3To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 14 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
Hanson is referring to Philadelphia wine merchant Henry Hill.
4Certificate on John Hanson by Anthony L. Bleecker, Peter S. Curentius, Alexander Hamilton, John Lamb, and Hercules … (Hamilton Papers)
We the Subscribers do certify that we were acquainted with Capt John Hanson deceased in his life time, and at an early period of the Revolution of the United States, and have satisfactory grounds to believe that he was firmly attached to the cause of the Revolution and to the liberties of... ...under the fire of a British Man of War, on which occasion the said Capt Hanson was distinguished by...
5Report on the Petition of Alexander Contee Hanson, [28 April 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Alexander Contee Hanson, referred to him by the House of Representatives on the 25th of January 1791,On January 25, 1791, the House received “A petition of Alexander Contee Hanson, praying compensation for expenses incurred in consequence of an appointment of the late Congress.
6From George Washington to Alexander Contee Hanson, 18 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
To Alexander Contee Hanson
7To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 9 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
. Hanson was
chancellor of Maryland.
8To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 2 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
In a 10 Nov. 1790 letter of introduction that Clark apparently presented to GW at Mount Vernon in November 1790, Maryland chancellor Alexander Contee Hanson repeated his opinion that “there is no person in America better qualified for executing the trust, or employment, which he sollicits” (
9To John Adams from Alexander Contee Hanson, 6 December 1792 (Adams Papers)
A C Hanson
10From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Hanson Harrison, [27 November 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
To Robert Hanson Harrison